 | John Gibson Lockhart - College stories - 1823 - 380 pages
...a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance hi which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ;...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." " Beautiful verses, truly," quoth Mrs Elizabeth ; " and a beautiful creature she must have been." "... | |
 | Great Britain - 1823 - 474 pages
...view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, lore, kisses, tears, and smiles. " Beautiful verses, truly," quoth Mrs. Elizabeth ; " and a beautiful... | |
 | 1824 - 446 pages
...view A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, , A Traveller betwixt... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 446 pages
...view A Spirit, yet a Woman tool Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiled. And now I see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 478 pages
...view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller betwixt... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1826 - 550 pages
...anchored in the still depths of female tenderness. Yet his heroines, though Creatures not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, — For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles, — are by no means homely and uninteresting ; however lowly their lot, there is about them all ' a... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet % Sweet records, promises...love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt... | |
 | Thomas Hamilton - 1827 - 400 pages
...deserved. She was, in truth, formed after the imagination of the poet : — " A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food, For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. Such were the two most charming women whom I have ever known ; nor was the character of their attraction... | |
 | Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1827 - 1252 pages
...mistress formed of plain household stuff: ' Some creature not too brightly good For human nature's daUy food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and onilea.' " " Really, Mr. Frederick Delancy, you alarm me," said Lady Harriette, looking up with gravity,... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...view. A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt... | |
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Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food : For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. 
